Part of it is definitely down to having the Moleskine, and carrying it with me everywhere - being able to scribble down ideas, snippets whenever I can is really helping. I'm also sure that the quality of said little notebook helps - it's nice having something that looks and feels good to work in. And telynor is dead right about a fountain pen too. :) Having picked up a black Lamy Safari at Rymans yesterday, I've discovered two things:

it makes me write slower and neater, because

writing becomes a joy, above and beyond just a means of getting words down on paper. I find myself writing things down more!

I haven't owned a fountain pen since senior school (barring a few calligraphy pens at university), and I'd forgotten how tactile and pleasant the act of laying ink down on paper with a nib is compared to using a biro or even a gel or fibre tip.

Took the usual train in with djbp: there were at most two or three people fewer in our carriage, if that. Certainly I didn't miss any faces I recognise.

King's Cross Underground station is closed except for the Met line, so djbp and I walked to Euston, and took the very slightly emptier than usual Victoria line train (my usual) from there instead: he got off at Green Park, to walk to Hyde Park Corner and pick up the bit of the Piccadilly Line that was running. Me, I got into Victoria about 8 mins later than I usually do, and was in the office before 8:15.

Pretty much an ordinary Monday: I've certainly had more disrupted journeys due to overrunning engineering works.

So: how'd the rest of you who commute in to London manage this morning? Post it in your LJ and lets see how much fear, terror and disruption there is burning the length and breadth of Britain, shall we? :)

It appears I didn't cause Euston station to be closed at 3.20, which is a relief. I was walking off the Victoria line train, only to notice, hanging off one of the stanchions that used to hold litter bins, a blue carrier bag, which appeared to be full of rubbish. Now, it's 99% likely that's exactly what it was full of, but just in case, I nabbed the two policemen at the top of the escalator by the ticket barrier and drew their attention to it.